About

The Agile NZ Conference is a premier Agile & ALM event that will focus on both Agile practices like Scrum & Kanban as well as how the technology practices of ALM complement and complete an Agile implementation. This is an excellent opportunity to:

Gain deep understanding of the latest developments across the Agile landscape.
Hear how well known Kiwi companies have adopted Agile
Understand how ALM technologies can support an Agile adoption.
Get exposure to the deep technical practices that are used by successful Agile teams.\

Join us for two streams of exciting content over 2 days. The Agile stream will focus on how companies and teams become more agile. This stream will provide insights about everything from running a retrospective to transforming an organisation’s culture. The ALM stream will be a feast of technical knowledge. If you are looking for help with the advanced technical practices that make agile teams successful then this stream is for you.

Conference Organising Committee

Anthony Borton is the lead ALM consultant for Enhance ALM Pty Ltd, an Australian consulting and training company specializing in Application Lifecycle Management and Microsoft Visual Studio. He has been working with Visual Studio Team System full-time since 2005 and has worked with a variety of companies ranging up to some of Australia’s largest companies and financial institutions.

Anthony is a sought after trainer and has delivered technical training and consulting in the United States and all across the Asia Pacific region. He is a Microsoft MVP (Visual Studio ALM), a Professional Scrum Developer Trainer and a Microsoft Certified Trainer.

Rob Maheris a founding trainer with Scrum.org. He is one of only a handful of trainers worldwide who are qualified and experienced enough to be able to teach the entire Scrum.org curriculum of courses. He is currently an Agile coach. Rob has run both technical and Scrum training extensively throughout SE Asia.

Rob is also one of the few Accredited Kanban Trainers (AKT's) with David Andersons Lean Kanban University. This means that he can teach Accredited Kanban Practioner Training. With over 15 years of software development experience he has a history of leading change in large organisations. Rob has helped several companies transition to Kanban & Scrum and improve their software development lifecycle using solid ALM practices. Rob is a regular presenter at industry events such as Agile Dev West, Tech-Ed, Code Camp and various conferences worldwide.

Robs experience includes everything from working as a Scrum Master coaching teams in Scrum and software development practices to helping testers master automated testing techniques. Rob is also a Visual Studio ALM MVP with Microsoft.

You can read more about Rob Maher at scrumdod.blogspot.com

Edwin Dando is the founder and Managing Director of the innovative NZ consulting firm Clarus. He is a passionate Agile advocate with a strong background in Scrum. Edwin has been responsible for introducing Scrum and Agile to many organisations throughout New Zealand.

Edwin has a strong understanding of project management, consulting and software development. He has a BSc in Computer Science and is a Professional Scrum Trainer with Ken Schwaber's Scrum.org.

Edwin has applied his extensive knowledge and experience over a range of projects for clients such as Accenture, Synergy, Gen-I, Vodafone and Telecom. As a highly motivated individual, Edwin has delivered notable business projects in his career. He passionately believes in sustainable business and advocates all businesses considering three bottom lines – profit, environmental and social.

Edwin sits on a number of committees including the NZ Software Association and the Canterbury University Software Engineering Industry Advisory Panel.